How can I improve my fundraising?

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Fundraising tips

Help with your fundraising

Your fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) is a great opportunity to spend time with your friends and family and have loads of fun doing something different.

To help your event run smoothly and ensure that everything is safe and legal, please follow our fundraising guidelines.

Watch our video to hear actress and GOSH Charity supporter Tamsin Greig share our top three tips to make your event a success and raise as much money as possible for seriously ill children at GOSH.

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You can find more tips, guides and resources below.

Downloadable fundraising guides

We’ve put together a few handy guides for some of the most popular types of fundraising events. Check them out below.

Fundraising resources

We have lots of resources you can use to help with your fundraising.

To order buckets, collection boxes, banners, balloons or t-shirts, email us with your event details. Order collection boxes or tins.

For downloadable resources, check out the below:

Promoting your fundraising

Once you’ve chosen your fundraising event, spread the word among your friends, family and community to raise as much as possible.

Don’t just rely on social media – think about your in-person networks, such as work colleagues, friends at your sports or book club, or other families at school.

Check out our guide for tips and tricks on how to promote your event.

Paying in your fundraising

There are lots of ways to pay in your fundraising:

  • Online
  • Call us on 020 3841 3131
  • Email us for details of paying by bank transfer
  • Post cheques and CAF vouchers to: Community Fundraising, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, 40 Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1LE. Please include a paying in form.
  • If you’ve fundraised using JustGiving or Facebook, there’s nothing you need to do – the money will make its way straight to us
  • If you would like to borrow a contactless/card donation device for your event, please fill in this form.